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| Artist: Sarah Mclachlan |
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Product Summary
Release Date: 2/15/1994
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Possession ~ Sarah McLachlan
2. Wait ~ Sarah McLachlan
3. Plenty ~ Sarah McLachlan
4. Good Enough ~ Sarah McLachlan
5. Mary ~ Sarah McLachlan
6. Elsewhere ~ Sarah McLachlan
7. Circle ~ Sarah McLachlan
8. Ice ~ Sarah McLachlan
9. Hold On ~ Sarah McLachlan
10. Ice Cream ~ Sarah McLachlan
11. Fear ~ Sarah McLachlan
12. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy ~ Sarah McLachlan
Album Notes and Credits
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Personnel: Sarah McLachlan (vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, piano); Bill Dillon (guitar, Guitorgan, piano, bass); Jane Scarpantoni (cello); Michel Dubeau (saxophone); Pierre Marchand (piano, keyboards, bass, percussion, programming); David Kershaw (Hammond B-3 organ); Brian Minato (bass); Jerry Marotta (drums, percussion); Guy Nadon, Ashwin Sood, Lou Shefano (drums). |
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FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTASY was nominated for a 1995 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. |
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Personnel: Sarah McLachlan (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, piano); Bill Dillon (guitar, piano); Jane Scarpantoni (cello); Michel Dubeau (saxophone); Pierre Marchand (piano, keyboards, drums, drum machine, percussion); Jerry Marotta (drums, percussion); Lou Shefano, Guy Nadon, Ashwin Sood (drums). |
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Audio Mixer: Pierre Marchand. |
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Unknown Contributor Role: Bill Dillon. |
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Heavily atmospheric, building around intertwined harmonies and lush arrangements, FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTASY might remind some of early Sinead O'Connor. McLachlan's ethereal vocal style pulls from the same sources as O'Connor, but add a calm that's more akin to contemporary jazz or new age than the pop charts McLachlan has climbed. The lifeblood of her songs are her physical and emotional relationships with people. With lyrics centered around satisfaction and the ways to maintain it, much of FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTASY doesn't fumble but caresses. |
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Her lyrics compare love to ice cream, and promise kisses to make her lover breathless. Listening to the album, it's not hard to imagine what McLachlan has on her mind, nor why she's on the charts. FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTASY shows an artist busily experimenting with the different songwriting textures available. The big drum sound in "Possession" and the chiming U2-like guitar of "Plenty" give McLachlan plenty of room to breathe, but do not suffocate her in one dismissable category. |
Producer: Pierre Marchand |
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Engineer: Pierre Marchand |
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Artist Overview
The honey-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan has ascended from modest success in the U.S. and her native Nova Scotia to international stardom. Her music is accessible enough for the masses, yet serious enough to strike a strong chord with sensitive listeners, especially young women. Partly in acknowledgement of that demographic, McLachlan created the Lilith Fair in 1997, a female-focused concert tour that was an unexpected success and heralded a renaissance of female artists in the world of rock.
Artist Influences
Cocteau Twins | Daniel Lanois (Producer) | Joni Mitchell | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | Kate Bush | Laura Nyro | Peter Gabriel | Sandy Denny | Sin?ad O'Connor | Suzanne Vega | Tom Waits | U2
Cocteau Twins | Daniel Lanois (Producer) | Joni Mitchell | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | Kate Bush | Laura Nyro | Peter Gabriel | Sandy Denny | Sin?ad O'Connor | Suzanne Vega | Tom Waits | U2
Artist Contemporaries
10,000 Maniacs | Alanis Morissette | Anna Wilson | Anne Davis | Annie Lennox | Artemis | Beth Orton | Bic Runga | Chantal Kreviazuk | Dana Parish | Dido | Ebba Forsberg | Eddi Reader | Edyta Bartosiewicz | Enya | Frente! | Ginger (Alternative Rock) | Heather Nova | Jane Siberry | Jewel | Joan Osborne | Jonatha Brooke | Kristen Hall | Lisa Loeb | Liz Phair | Manufacture | Mary Lou Lord | Mazzy Star | Milla | Natalie Merchant | Paula Cole | Poe | Shawn Colvin | Sheryl Crow | Sin?ad O'Connor | Sixpence None the Richer | Texas (Scotland) | The Cranberries | The Innocence Mission | The Story | Tori Amos | Tracy Chapman
10,000 Maniacs | Alanis Morissette | Anna Wilson | Anne Davis | Annie Lennox | Artemis | Beth Orton | Bic Runga | Chantal Kreviazuk | Dana Parish | Dido | Ebba Forsberg | Eddi Reader | Edyta Bartosiewicz | Enya | Frente! | Ginger (Alternative Rock) | Heather Nova | Jane Siberry | Jewel | Joan Osborne | Jonatha Brooke | Kristen Hall | Lisa Loeb | Liz Phair | Manufacture | Mary Lou Lord | Mazzy Star | Milla | Natalie Merchant | Paula Cole | Poe | Shawn Colvin | Sheryl Crow | Sin?ad O'Connor | Sixpence None the Richer | Texas (Scotland) | The Cranberries | The Innocence Mission | The Story | Tori Amos | Tracy Chapman
Artist Followers
Abra Moore | Alanis Morissette | Ane Brun | Basia Bulat | Beth Orton | Dido | Fiona Apple | Natalie Imbruglia | Nelly Furtado | Norah Jones | Once Blue | Rachel Loshak | Tegan and Sara | Vanessa Carlton
Abra Moore | Alanis Morissette | Ane Brun | Basia Bulat | Beth Orton | Dido | Fiona Apple | Natalie Imbruglia | Nelly Furtado | Norah Jones | Once Blue | Rachel Loshak | Tegan and Sara | Vanessa Carlton
Compilation Appearances
Associated Artists and Works
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Vitamin String Quartet |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 02/15/1994 |
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Original Release Date : 1993 |
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Catalog ID : 18725 |
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Label : Arista |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00078221872522 |
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (6/16/94, p.109)
- 3.5 Stars (out of 5)
- "...there are moments of quiet radiance on ECSTASY, and even the more-elusive songs reveal a passionate dignity..."
- 3.5 Stars (out of 5)
- "...there are moments of quiet radiance on ECSTASY, and even the more-elusive songs reveal a passionate dignity..."
